Michael Kinsley
Michael Kinsley
Michael Kinsleyis an American political journalist and commentator. Primarily active in print media as both a writer and editor, he also became known to television audiences as a co-host on Crossfire. Kinsley has been a notable participant in the mainstream media's development of online content...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth9 March 1951
CountryUnited States of America
Michael Kinsley quotes about
uncles politician schwarzenegger
In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy.
definitions telling-the-truth politician
The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.
humble healthy democracy
Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.
claims activism judicial
Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism.
years another-year conservative
So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned.
thinking people information
In any event, the proper question isn't what a journalist thinks is relevant but what his or her audience thinks is relevant. Denying people information they would find useful because you think they shouldn't find it useful is censorship, not journalism.
lying complicated conventions
Journalistic conventions make it hard for reporters to deal with a big, complicated lie.
iowa democracy united-states
Is there any other democracy where the voters are as spoiled as they are in the United States? Especially, of course, in certain states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire, where the old joke is literally true about the citizens who say they haven't yet formed an opinion about a candidate because they've only met the fellow a few times.
christian religious ideas
What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.
purpose answers subsidies
One answer is that the towns elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and favors were worth the price. But they may or may not have thought this.
want alchemy
Americans don't want leadership. They want alchemy.
cyberspace culture conformity
There is a deadening conformity in the culture of cyberspace in which we don't intend to participate.
silence speech corporations
The solution when you don't like someone's speech is not to silence that person, or that corporation. It's more and louder speech of your own.
politician inconvenient-truth inconvenient
A gaffe is a politician inadvertently telling an inconvenient truth.